Does your practice offer Developmental Screenings?
Yes!
Help Me Grow can assist with...
Not Yet!
Help Me Grow can assist with everything mentioned PLUS...
Linkage & Support

Steps you can take to inform and support your families and staff on the benefits of Help Me Grow:

  • Post the Help Me Grow flyer (available in multiple languages) in a central, visible area
  • Distribute Help Me Grow materials (eg : display brochures/fliers in the lobby, share materials as part of a welcome package for the agency, exhibit materials during outreach events in the community)
  • Request training for your staff (regarding the Help Me Grow program or general childhood development/milestones)
  • Submit a referral form on behalf of a family who you think would benefit from Help Me Grow services
  • Listing Help Me Grow in materials regarding community resources and programs
  • Asking for information about developmental screening tools to use at your practice
  • Request details about maintenance of certification credits
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

AAP recommendations for developmental screenings outline expectations for:

  • Continuous developmental surveillance (at all visits)
  • Periodic developmental screening (at minimum)
    • 9 months
    • 18 months (including for autism)
    • 24 months
  • Further medical and developmental evaluations if delays identified
  • Early developmental intervention
  • Chronic-condition management
Linkage & Support

Steps you can take to inform and support your families and staff on the benefits of Help Me Grow:

  • Post the Help Me Grow flyer (available in multiple languages) in a central, visible area
  • Distribute Help Me Grow materials (eg : display brochures/fliers in the lobby, share materials as part of a welcome package for the agency, exhibit materials during outreach events in the community)
  • Request training for your staff (regarding the Help Me Grow program or general childhood development/milestones)
  • Submit a referral form on behalf of a family who you think would benefit from Help Me Grow services
  • Listing Help Me Grow in materials regarding community resources and programs
  • Asking for information about developmental screening tools to use at your practice
  • Request details about maintenance of certification credits
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

AAP recommendations for developmental screenings outline expectations for:

  • Continuous developmental surveillance (at all visits)
  • Periodic developmental screening (at minimum)
    • 9 months
    • 18 months (including for autism)
    • 24 months
  • Further medical and developmental evaluations if delays identified
  • Early developmental intervention
  • Chronic-condition management
Health Care Provider Pathway

The following diagram was developed by the Help Me Grow National Center to explain the feedback loop between health providers and the Help Me Grow initiative.

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